Apparel-shirt.



z I i Patented Nov. 6, |900.

No. 66u39.

J. L. FRUHMAN. APPAREL SHIRT.

(Application led June 22, 1900.)

(No'Model.)

UNITED STATES .PATENT OFFICE.

JONAS L. EROHMAN, OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

APPAREL-SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 661,139, dated November 6, 1900.

Application led J' une 22, 14900.

To wZZ wiz/m, t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JONAS L. FROHMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,I have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Shirts, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to au improvement in shirts, and is designed, primarily, to provide a construction in which the usual collar-button employed to fasten the central portion'of the collar or that portion which comes at the back of the neck of the wearer can be dispensed with. In the style of shirt that is open only at the front said collar-button is employed the wearer'. lng some relief, does not entirely avoid the solely as a means for fastening the collar in place; but in the other and more common style, where the shirt is open at the back for a portion of its length, such collar-button serves to hold the' ends of the neckband together as well as secure the central portion of the collar in place. In either construction such rear collar-button is objectionable to some persons on account of the pressure that it exerts against the neck. Attempts have beenmade to overcome this objection, one of the most successful eiforts in this direction vbeing the addition to the neekband of a short. strip or tongue of cloth that comes between the base of the collar-button and the neck of Such construction, while aordeects of the pressure. y

The object of my invention is to provide a construction that obviates entirely the necessity of using a collar-button at the place referred to and substituting in lieu thereofv means that will effectually hold the collar in place with either style of shirt mentioned, and which will also hold the ends of the neckband together when used with the open-back style of shirt. I attain this object by means of the devices shown in the drawings and hereinafter specifically described.

That which I regard as new will be set forth in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a rear View of a shirt that opens in the back with my improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail showing the application of my improvesemi No. 21,176. IN@ model.)

tion of the back of the shirt and collar-bandy of Fig. 1, and showing also my improvement;

and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, butV showing my improvement applied to a shirt that does not open in the back and that consequently has but one hole in the rear of the neckband.

Referring to said drawings, A indicates a shirt of the style that is open at the back.

a indicates the neckband, which is provided near its ends with the usual holes b, which are ordinarily provided for the collar-button referred to, but which I make use of for my improved fastening device.

c indicates a liexible strip, preferably a piece of ordinary tape, one end of which is securely fastened to the inner face of the back of the shirt at one sideof the central opening.

d indicates a hook of any suitable shape secured by sewing or otherwise to the free end of the strip c and of a'size that will allow it to freely pass through the holes b in the neckband.

c indicates a loop with which the hook d is adapted to engage. This loop, as shown, is on the outer face of the back of the shirt and on the opposite side of the central opening in the back of the shirt from the point of attachment of the strip c.

f indicates a short tongue to lie between the Fig. 3 is lan enlarged sec-` neck of the wearer and the strip c, which tongue may be employed, if desired.

In use the free end of the strip c, with the hook d t ereon, is to be inserted through the holes b, and if a collar is to be worn is also to be passed through the usual opening in the down and the hook engaged with the loop e. This secures the ends of the neckband together and also holds the collar in place, as shown, the collar in the drawings being indicated by g. The strip c when in position, as shown, also acts as a loop through which the band of a necktie can be passed to hold such ,tie down at the back. I

In Fig. 4 I have shown a shirt of the style that is not open in the back, such shirty being indicated by B. In this style there is of ment to a shirt-sleeve for securing the ends l course but one hole in the neckband at the Vback of the collar and is then to be pulled I IOO rear, which hole I have indicated by h. In

this construction the strip c is secured to the inner face of the beck in line with the hole h und the loop f, secured on the outer face ot the back of the shirt. A coller is secured in place as with the other style, except of course that the strip c is passed through but the single hole h in the neckband.

It is obvious that this saine fastening may be employed on sleeve-bands for securing them together and retaining cuffs in place, as shown in Fig. 2, in which C indicates zt shirtsleeve, and D en ordinary cuff, the fastening means being` exactly the seine as shown in the other figures of the drawings, and consequently indicated by corresponding reference-letters.

It is obvious, ofcourse, that, if desired, the end of the strip c may be secured to the inner face of the touguef when such a tongue is employed, instead ot' directly to the shirtbody, as indicated; but in either cese the strip c could be said to be fastened to the inner face of the back of the shirt-in one case the fastening of such end being direct to the shirt-back l(mnd in the other indirect or through the said tongue.

Til-(tt which I claim as my invention, l(mnd desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination With a shirt having zt b21-nd with one or more holes therein, of a'iieXible strip secured et one end to one face of the shirt below Suid band, a hook secured to the free end of seid strip, said hook and strip being: adapted to be passed through the said hole or holes in `the shirt-bund, und u loop on the opposite face of the shirt below the said shirt-bm1d and with which the said hookis adapted to engage, substantially as and for the purpose specilied.

' JONAS L. FROHMAN.

Titnessesz W. A. OSMAN, L. l\1[oNHEIMER. 

